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School Board of Levy County member G. Frank Etheridge was honored during Tuesday's meeting, with board members presenting him with a plaque honoring his 20 years of service.
Tuesday's meeting was Etheridge's final day meeting as a board member. He is retiring from the board at the end of his term. Etheridge, who represents Williston on the board, is also the president of Perkins State Bank in Williston.

Levy County will be putting its dragline
up for sale, preferring to use another piece of
equipment to mine and load limestone from
the Gulf Hammock Pit for road construction.
The Board of Commissioners on Tuesday
approved the sale at the request of Road
Department Administrative Superintendent
Bruce Greenlee. who said the dragline is no
longer needed for the county's limerock mining
operation. "We can only mine to 30 feet
and we need to get rid of this," he said.

Although there was no official count,
the cars that lined the streets up to
Whiddon Avenue, the pedestrians carrying
their purchases and the half dozen tour
buses parked at the school were a testament
to the crowd of thousands that
swarmed Cedar Key this past weekend.
Saturday’s parade included everything
from pirate wenches and a marching
band to politicians and pageant queens.
The vehicles were as diverse — from fire
trucks and clam boats to horse trailers and

Four Cedar Key residents and a man from Lake City were
arrested on Tuesday after a three-month investigation of drug
sales in Cedar Key by the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Those arrested on drug charges are Richard Lee
Cantlebarry 45, Geneva F. Harris, 58, Jonathan N.
Thompson, 30, and Shannon Lynn Random, 41, all of Cedar
Key
Drug agents simultaneously served two search warrantsin the early morning operation that began with a complaint
to officers that the suspects were selling pills from a
residence.

About a dozen audience members attended a short, efficient
meeting Tuesday evening. The format was slightly different
— with Interim City Administrator Greg Lang taking
the lead presenting agenda items. Commissioner Gene
Hodges was absent due to a scheduling conflict.
In the good news category, the Governor’s Office has
finally signed the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block
Grant, allowing the city to move forward with upgrading
several city-owned buildings. Police Chief Virgil Sandlin